Kabuki. Assange is likely elsewhere, and now they are making an elaborate showing of the "process" for him to be released and show up.
I bet we won't see video of him leaving the embassy, or boarding any flight.
If we do see video of this it won:t be live or very detailed. Identifying details (flight numbers, specific location telltales, etc) will also be absent.
Also possible he will "go missing" once released. Only to pop up in a safe country (NZ? USA? HK?) weeks later.
Also what is @Snowden up to?